Video clips
Audio and visual content engages the audience on a personal level.
Food policy series
I worked with video producers and freelance editors to create these videos for the Future of Food Systems content series.
The Food Policy video series aimed to show how communities and local governments were solving problems related to food production, food security and environmental sustainability.
I helped the interviewees set up their audio, lighting and camera, and rehearsed the interview with them so they were comfortable. I emphasized the importance of speaking naturally and did not read from a teleprompter or script. Then I conducted the interviews (English and Spanish) using Riverside.fm, extracted the files, sent edited transcripts with timestamps to use, and sourced b-roll from partner material or platforms like Storyblocks. I helped edit the rough cut, check subtitles, write YouTube blurbs, teaser articles, social media copy, and fact-checked the final text with the partners.
Riverside.fm records 4k quality audio and video files separately. This helped us to resolve some issues that we'd been facing while recording interviews on Zoom or Google Meet with people who didn't have a strong internet connection or a proper office setup.
Voices from the Frontline
As an alternative to overcome the logistical issues of filming during the Covid-19 pandemic, my colleague came up with the great idea to ask interviewees to self-record on mobiles.
We wanted to highlight the role of community healthworkers, doulas, and other health professionals who may not have been formally educated in medicine or nursing, but are often the most trusted and accessible people in their communities regarding health issues. According to WHO, most community healthworkers are female and live and work in Asia and Africa, so we tried to select stories accordingly.
I helped by liaising with Interhealth, a global health organization, to gain access to appropriate interviewees and gather any b-roll required. We knew it might take more effort given we were asking people for their time on top of their stressful workload, but we were lucky to find healthworkers who wanted to show the day-to-day of their job during the pandemic. Likewise, we expected the quality to be a bit rough but felt this added to the authenticity of the stories.
